HTC and Verizon Wireless have jointly announced the HTC Droid DNA, a smartphone with a Full HD 1080p display.

It runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor featuring a quad-core 1.5GHz CPU and high-performance GPU, paired with 4G LTE network from Verizon Wireless and a full 2G of RAM enable the use of multiple apps simultaneously.

The HTC Droid DNA is priced at US$199.99 with a two-year customer agreement.

As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.

This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the strategies of key China-based major panel makers BOE, Tianma and IVO for attacking the different market segments through technology and pricing, and their relationship to local vendors Huawei, Lenovo, ZTE, Xiaomi and Coolpad.